Yesterday's item about mediabistro.com's article on using blogs to market books prompted Dan Clements, the co-author of Escape 101: Sabbaticals Made Simple, to drop us a line telling us about his own experiences in that vein:

"Commenting on blogs and networking with other bloggers has been profoundly helpful with our latest book. It must be the single biggest 'playing-field-leveler' I've encountered for up and coming authors and self-publishers. It's quite phenomenal how much an author can accomplish on their own by working with other bloggers—we were featured on Tim Ferriss's blog recently, and that's led to a whole series of new (and just downright fun) relationships and opportunities with other bloggers. It's pretty exciting for a one-man marketing show."